A live megamix of 60s classics: Otis Redding's "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay," Ben E. King's "Stand by Me," Aretha Franklin's "Respect," Four Tops' "Baby I Need Your Lovin'," and finally "The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)" by Rado, Kellogg, Moore and Company.

Remember these records were made with live drummers, who may go from 115 BPM to 118 BPM in one song. Imagine how tough early DJs had it to spin all night, especially in the disco era!

Equipment present: two Stanton c314 CD decks, one Gemini XL-DD50II turntable (this will be replaced soon!), and a Stanton smx201 mixer.

An MP3 of the performance can be downloaded here:

http://homepage.mac.com/alqahtani/.Public/60s-mix.mp3

I started DJing again after a 10 year break a little over a month ago. Luckily, it seems to be like riding a bike for me.


This movie is part of the collection: Community Video

Director: Haroon Al-Qahtani
Producer: Haroon Al-Qahtani
Production Company: Pittsburgh Muslim Media
Audio/Visual: stereo, color
Keywords: 60s hip-hop djing mixing stanton gemini c314 smx201 cd oldies megamix turntablism scratching xl-dd50ii records
Contact Information: al_qahtani@ahoo.com http://homepage.mac.com/alqahtani/

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States

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Reviewer: Essayist - - May 28, 2008
Subject: Its criminal
An excellent example of how to ruin good music.

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Haroon Al-Qahtani, DJ, editor